Is the U.S. Government on course for economic failure?

Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself. With the collapse of the banking and financial system, including the failures of the nation's health care system, one might conclude that this old adage also applies to businesses and corporations.

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There is nothing new anymore about the suggestion that over a span of about 30 odd years, the Pakistani military and its establishmentarian allies in the intelligence agencies, the politicised clergy, conservative political parties and the media have, in the name of Islam and pat …

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When waging war "by way of deception," the motto of Israel's Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe.

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TONITE, TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL ENTER BATTLE ON OUR SIDE, FEW AMERICANS WILL EVER KNOW

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"Our soldiers are not to blame. They've fought incredibly bravely in adverse conditions.

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The GHQ attack has drawn accusations from several quarters in Pakistan that it was inspired by foreign powers; some have named India and the US among the usual suspects.

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Bankrolling and arming Al-Qaeda offshoot part of 2007 White House directive to destabilize Iranian government

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Excellent article about the Taliban, which counters western propaganda about them.

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We have been saying for a long time now that the so-called 'Pakistani Taliban' is a group of criminals and not Mujahideen and their agenda is suspicious. These exclusive pictures, released by BRASSTACKS today, provide the proof.

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None has got the confidence to say something with a bit of certainty about the 'mysterious movement' known as Talibanisation. But there are different stories which are linked to its wellspring.

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Operation Rah-i-Rast has successfully achieved its immediate objectives of routing the Taliban militants including elimination of its middle and lower-tier leadership and securing the major cities and villages in Swat valley, yet the battle is far from being over...

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Urged by a senior al-Qaeda ideologue to take over Pakistan, members of jihadi internet forums have begun to examine the possibility of controlling Pakistan's nuclear weapons (al-faloja1.com, April 24).

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Ling Chi or Leng T'che was a form of slow execution used in China from 900 AD till it was abolished in 1905. Parts of the human body were systematically removed with a knife over a long period of time.

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Talking to reporters at the Foreign Press Centre and the White House, Hillary Clinton said 'it is fair to say that our policy towards Pakistan over the last 30 years has been incoherent. I don't know any other word'...

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Bosnian security forces have conducted a series of arrests of former El-Mujahid fighters on the basis of illegal residency and potential security threats in an attempt to improve the country's image in the face of western pressure to help fight terrorism.

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They wore green uniforms, and bandanas, and carried banners with slogans written not in Serbo-Croatian but in Arabic script. Some wore turbans and heavy beards.

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After their websites were banned, the jihadists are using Facebook to get their word out, influence people and win friends.

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Going by traditional belligerence – India has of-late hideously chosen an awful course of labeling accusations against Pakistan for the tragic episode of Mumbai – sans any proof or evidence. Such an act by the New Delhi rulers – more specifically by the India media – has …

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Afghan Warlords and their Effects on Society

Part I: After Soviet Union completely withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, fightings between the communist backed government and Mujahedeen (Holy war Fighters) continued. Mujahideen overthrew the puppet government in 1992.

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Outstanding US writer and historian Michael Parenti provides a succinct 3 decade history of US intervention in Afghanistan - support for religious extremists, opium industry, endless war and occupation

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MUMBAI: Militants armed with automatic weapons and grenades attacked luxury hotels, hospitals and a famous tourist cafe in Mumbai late on Wednesday, killing at least 125 people.

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In the aftermath of the Mumbai massacres, it is hard to imagine that there is anything as pernicious as the jihadists who sought out and murdered non-Muslims with such cruelty. But there is.

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Terror e-mail came from Pakistan

The Hindu reports the forensic experts have determined that an e-mail claim of responsibility for Wednesday's terror attacks issued by an until-now unknown terror group was first generated on a computer located in Pakistan.

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The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida - but clues so far point to homegrown Indian terrorists, global intelligence officials said Thursday.

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The old woman was gazing out of the glass doors into her small, neat, English garden. But as she talked, she was reliving a moment from her traumatic Afghan past. "He was beaten," she said. "He lost his four front teeth."

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